That is a GREAT idea. I may steal it.
I have had students write up what constitutes a grade or level. For example,
1) Poor: does not address the topic,unclear, incomplete
2) Fair: Average adequate
3) Good
4) Excellent
Etc.
But I have not tried to get students to come up with evaluation vocabulary.
Nice idea!
Millicent
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From: Max Richards <[log in to unmask]>
To: POETRYETC <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 6:20 pm
Subject: The vocab of evaluation
On 8/04/11 6:05 AM, "Barry Alpert" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I
immediately thought of Jerry Seinfeld's stunning recent stand-up comedy
routine in which he argues that the terms of evaluative criticism have shrunk
to the dichotomy, "It's great"<>"It sucks".
When teaching, I sometimes tried to elicit from my students just what their
ocabulary of evaluation consisted of, as something we might build on.
e: this line of Keats, now, is it aaah yummy? Or do you reckon its yucky?
hese terms figured in their vocab all right, but applying it to language
ended to stymie them.
Max
I wonder if the Seinfeld routine is on the internet yet...?
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